AT&T's Anti-Verizon Ad Is a Stinker

Categories: SciTech| Nov 20, 2009

AT&T's Anti-Verizon Ad Is a Stinker For some reason, Luke Wilson is taking AT&T's side in the 3G coverage wars, appearing in a new ad that retaliates against Verizon Wireless' stinging assault. The ad arrived just as a U.S. District Court judged ruled that Verizon can keep ...Read More

Verizon Wireless lays off former Alltel workers

Categories: Business| Nov 19, 2009

Verizon Wireless is laying off former Alltel Corp. headquarters workers in Little Rock. Verizon would not put a number to the Thursday layoffs. Spokeswoman Lucie Pathmann said the company is cutting positions that became redundant with its 2008 purchase of Alltel. Area ...Read More

Judge rejects AT&T's bid to pull Verizon ads

Categories: SciTech| Nov 19, 2009

ATLANTA – A federal judge on Wednesday denied a request by AT&T Inc. to force competitor Verizon Wireless to pull its "There's a Map for That" commercials. But the judge scheduled a Dec. 16 hearing to give the AT&T attorneys another ...Read More

AT&T launches Verizon counter-punch ad, keeps digging that hole

Categories: Most Viewed| Nov 19, 2009

AT&T launches Verizon counter-punch ad, keeps digging that hole AT&T may have lost the legal battle with Verizon Wireless over a marketing campaign that compares the 3G coverage of both carriers. But that doesn't mean AT&T is going away quietly. The company is airing a commercial of its own, which ...Read More

Judges Denies AT&T's Request To Halt Verizon Ads

Categories: SciTech| Nov 18, 2009

AT&T may hate Verizon Wireless' 3G advertising, but the company will have to deal with it now that AT&T's quest to have the ads taken off the air has been thrown out of court.U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten denied AT&T's ...Read More

AT&T loses first legal battle against Verizon ads

Categories: SciTech| Nov 18, 2009

AT&T loses first legal battle against Verizon ads AT&T has lost the first battle in a legal war against Verizon Wireless to force the company to stop showing advertisements that compare its 3G wireless network coverage with Verizon's coverage. A federal judge in Atlanta Wednesday declined to grant AT&T ...Read More

Will Nasty Ad Campaign against AT&T Do Verizon Any Good?

Categories: SciTech| Nov 18, 2009

Will Nasty Ad Campaign against AT&T Do Verizon Any Good? As Verizon Wireless and AT&T square off in federal court today, speculation is swirling that Verizon's new Droid phone isn't selling as well as expected, and that the Palm Pre will soon join the Droid on Verizon's 3G network. A federal ...Read More

3 Key Points In the AT&T-Verizon Battle

Categories: SciTech| Nov 18, 2009

AT&T is roiling over those cell phone service ads that supposedly show the superiority of Verizon Wireless's coverage. Tomorrow, U.S. District Judge Timothy Batten will hear AT&T's request for a court order to stop Verizon from using the maps in ...Read More

AT&T sues Verizon, claiming ad campaign is misleading - The Star-Ledger

Categories: SciTech| Nov 18, 2009

AT&T sues Verizon, claiming ad campaign is misleading - The Star-Ledger Verizon Communications said AT&T's effort to stop a Verizon ad campaign with a court order is meant to grab a bigger share of the mobile-phone service market during the holiday shopping season. AT&T, the largest U.S. phone company, sued Verizon Wireless ...Read More

Verizon Droid slammed by Palm CEO

Categories: SciTech| Nov 17, 2009

It's the month of Motorola Droid, a smartphone powered by Verizon Wireless and Google’s Android 2.0 operating system. And by all accounts, things have been going pretty swimmingly. A quarter of a million people purchased Droid phones last week alone, ...Read More